Originally posted by deweyburke
I think something definitely happens after death, of the physical body. I believe I know what happens immidiately after the body dies but after that I'm clueless. And no this isn't one of those white light stories, exactly. But here goes.I was in an accident years back and really hurt badly. I believe I was very close to death at the time. I remember very vividly my muscles tightening up, almost like a paralysis and when they couldn't tighten any further I felt a ''release'' but all the while I had perfect awareness in my mind. The release led to a feeling of vibration throughout my body and 'I", "me", began to come out or raise up out of my physical body. That's the best way I know how to describe it when I say "I" and "me", it felt like there was something inside my physical being devoid of muscle, bone, blood etc that was the core of who I was. I had a shape but more of a silouhette or just a outline of my body I guess. Call it a soul or a spirit I don't know but i definitely rose out of my body for a few moments and looked back down at myself. I felt scared, overjoyed, and the most peaceful I've ever been all at the same time. I did freak out a bit and immidiately thought about getting back into my body where I found myself not seconds later. I didn't look around enough to see if there was a white light or a black light for that matter heh. All I know is, for me I know I was dying and something definitely happened at that point. Maybe I would of just stayed in this world in that form or fizzled out once I realized I was dead but I'm confident in the fact SOMETHING happens.
When the body goes into a state of shock, the mind can't handle it - it wants to cut itself off from what is happening - a very instinctive reaction - so then it experiences a kind of unreal feeling of disconnectedness. It's merely a state of shock for the body and the brain which produces an unreal sensation of 'floating outside or above your body' - it's definately not some soul or spirit.